Eruption
by skewsme

Comment:
Congrats, Skewsme! What a perfect shot for this challenge. The reds in the clouds are just gorgeous.

"Rooster"
by noraneko

Comment:
Yippeeeeee! Way to go, Catherine! I'm so happy for you. As your team member, it was so very, very cool to see it before it went into voting; we got to be wowed by it for a few days longer than everyone else! :)

water meets land
by aznym

Comment:
As an abstract, I like this. But as a way to convey the challenge topic, the rotation takes away from it for me.

Primary Feathers
by noraneko

Comment:
Congrats, Catherine! We all knew it was going to do well. :) But of course, this is just the appetizer to what's coming tonight!

Imposing
by krnodil

Comment:
Karen, it is a striking wall, but this treatment leads me to wonder why only one part of it is in color. Might it might be better to have both parts in color?

Transfusion
by bmartuch

Comment:
I'm surprised at the score on this. I'm guessing the subject was too small and it wasn't especially sharp. DPC loves sharp. I wonder how it'd look cropped down so the heart fills more of the frame?

Bleeding Heart Beauty
by WriteHeart

Comment:
Hi Julie. I think this is pretty, but could be improved by:
1) Sharpening it up a bit (if the original is blurred, then oh, well)
2) Cropping less tightly at the top
3) Coloring the other blooms (it would have more of a look of the third-place shot, with the repeating object)

But you did a good job with the coloring and how you kept the other blooms bright with a dark background.

Matron
by Melethia

Comment:
Well, there ya go, Deb. Solid placement in a tough challenge. And talk about adoring comments! :)

"Ok, now turn it all green.."
by see

Comment:
First, this is a well-done photo to use as a starting point. And great job on the desat, Alan! Fur is really hard to mask out well. I think brightening this up quite a bit would help a lot. If you use Photoshop, try a new layer set to "soft light" blending mode. Paint in white over the bunny with a large, soft brush, and then reduce opacity of that layer until it looks right.

Eastern Lubber Grasshoppers
by JuliBoc

Comment:
Terrific subject choice and treatment! My only nit would be to crop it closer at the top to make it even with the tight crop on the bottom (or open it a bit more on the bottom). I agree with skewsme, too - the colored screw heads add some visual balance.